#4EB8EA#4EB8EA

#4EB8EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8EA
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -15.14, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 37.11, 245.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0738 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.12 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1278, 41.8374, 84.0501)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8EA #EA804E

analogous

#4EEACE #4EB8EA #4E6AEA

triadic

#4EB8EA #EA4EB8 #B8EA4E

tetradic

#4EB8EA #CE4EEA #EA804E #6AEA4E

square

#4EB8EA #CE4EEA #EA804E #6AEA4E

split-complementary

#4EB8EA #EA4E6A #EACE4E

monochromatic

#147AA9 #1BA1E0 #4EB8EA #85CEF0 #BBE4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4EB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#4EB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8EA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8EA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cdf1',
    500: '#4eb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8ea;
$custom-light: #90cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.231,
    "s": 78.788,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74138,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8EA

secondary

#E7BFAD

accent

#4D0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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